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Inspirations: Vietnamese, Old Irish, Tiberian Hebrew, Maltese
p t c k kħ q = /p t k q ʡ ʔ/; ph th ch kh = /f θ x χ/
m n ng; mh nh ngh = /m n ŋ; ṽ (lenis n) (lenis ŋ)/
x s ħ h = /ɬ ʃ ħ h/
b ƀ đ d g ǥ għ = /v (bilabial l) ɮ ð ɣ ʟ ayin/
r l /r l/
i ê e a o ô u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; ă = shva na; ĕ = ultrashort e; ie uo
6 tones of Vietnamese
has lenition and lateralization mutations; vos word order
verbal allomorphy includes tone changes (the proto-stage had level tones and was predominantly CV, with geminates, nC and sC clusters. tones in reduced syllables leave a mark on the stressed syllable, making tones more complex)
nouns have unpredictable allomorphs as well, worse than TibH construct state